Eighting

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Eighting Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社エイティング
Romanized name
Eitingu Kabushiki-gaisha
FormerlyRaizing (1993–2000)
Company type Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Video games
Founded15 March 1993;32 years ago (1993-03-15)
Headquarters
Shinagawa, Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
Yasuhiko Sameshima (President and CEO)
Number of employees
293 [1]  (September 2025)
Parent COLOPL, Inc. [2] (2016–present)
Website 8ing.co.jp

Eighting Co., Ltd., [a] stylized as 8ing, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It formerly existed as two separate companies: Eighting and Raizing. [b] It is known for its shoot 'em ups and its licensed fighting games.

Contents

Eighting's name comes from nanakorobi yaoki, a Japanese proverb that says "fall down seven times and get up eight times." [3] Raizing was derived from raijingu (rising) and Raijin, the Japanese god of lightning. [4]

History

In March 1993, former Compile staff established Raizing and Eighting to create arcade games. [5] Raizing handled game development while Eighting did sales and distribution. Raizing included a handful of employees who worked on Musha Aleste , including Yuichi Toyama, Kazuyuki Nakashima, and Kenichi Yokoo. [4] [6]

Their first game, Mahou Daisakusen/Sorcer Striker , was released in May 1993. The developers were advised by Toaplan. [6] When Toaplan closed, some staff joined Raizing. Others went on to join Cave, Gazelle, and Takumi Corporation, each of which continued Toaplan's reputation for difficult shooting games. [7] Raizing also continued to use arcade hardware based on Toaplan's units. [4] Composer Manabu Namiki joined the company in 1995, working on Battle Garegga , Armed Police Batrider , Terra Diver, Ghoul Panic , Dimahoo , and others before leaving in 2000. He continued to work with Eighting on fighting games, such as the Bleach: Heat the Soul series. [8] [9]

In October 2000, the Raizing division was incorporated into Eighting. [5] In November 2005, Eighting filed for a public listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Mothers market. [10]

With the merger of Eighting and Raizing, the combined company began to focus on distributing mobile content for NTT Docomo’s i-mode system, Vodafone live!, and KDDI's EZweb service. [5] It also developed a reputation for fighting games based on anime franchises, including Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Zatch Bell, and InuYasha. [11] [12]

In 2008, Eighting opened a new subsidiary in Okinawa. It also opened a studio in Sapporo in 2010. By 2011, the company had a department dedicated to social network games for mobile devices. [5]

In 2016, Eighting was acquired by COLOPL. [13] Eighting has also partnered with Nintendo on Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo, Kirby Star Allies, and Pikmin 3 Deluxe , and Pikmin 4. [14] [15]

List of games developed

List of games developed as Raizing
YearTitlePublisherNotesRef.
1993 Sorcer Striker Able Corporation [6]
1994 Bomberman: Panic Bomber Hudson Soft Produced with Hudson Soft [16]
Kingdom Grand Prix Eighting [17]
1996 Battle Garegga [7]
Terra Diver Eighting
Electronic Arts Victor
Data East 		[6]
1997 Bloody Roar Hudson Soft/SCEA/Virgin Interactive Produced with Hudson Soft [5]
1998 Armed Police Batrider Eighting [18]
1999 Battle Bakraid Able Corporation [19]
Bloody Roar 2 Hudson Soft
SCEA
Virgin Interactive		 [20]
Ghoul Panic Namco [21]
Golgo 13 [22]
2000 Dimahoo Capcom [6]
1944: The Loop Master [23]
Brave BladeNamco [24]
Golgo 13 - Kiseki no Dandou [25]
2001Golgo 13 - Juusei no Requiem [26]
List of games developed as Eighting
YearTitlePublisherNotesRef.
2001 Bloody Roar 3 Hudson Soft
Activision
Virgin Interactive		Produced with Hudson Soft [27]
Kuru Kuru Kururin Nintendo [10]
Tekken Advance Namco [28]
2002 Kururin Paradise Nintendo [29]
Bloody Roar: Primal Fury Hudson Soft
Activision		Produced with Hudson Soft [27]
2003 Bloody Roar 4 Konami Produced with Hudson Soft [30]
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Tomy [5]
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 [31]
2004 Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival Bandai [32]
Kururin Squash Nintendo [6]
Zoids Struggle Tomy [33]
Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 3 [34]
2005 Bleach: Heat the Soul SCEI [35]
Inuyasha: Feudal Combat Bandai [12]
Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Go! Go! Mamono Fight!! [36]
Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles [37]
Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4Tomy [38]
Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 SCEI [39]
2006 Battle Stadium D.O.N Bandai Namco Produced with Q Interactive [11]
Master of Illusion NintendoProduced with Tenyo [40]
Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 SCEI [41]
2007 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Square Enix Produced with Genius Sonority [42]
Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 SCEI [43]
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution Takara Tomy [44]
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX [45]
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 2 [46]
2008 Fate/unlimited codes CapcomProduced with Type-Moon and Cavia [47]
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes [48]
Castlevania Judgment Konami [49]
Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 SCEI [50]
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 Takara Tomy [51]
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 3 [52]
2009 Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Bandai Namco [53]
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight D3 Publisher Nintendo DS version produced by Natsume Co., Ltd. [54]
Naruto Shippuden: Dragon Blade Chronicles Takara Tomy [55]
Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 SCEI [56]
Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W Bandai Namco [57]
2010 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars CapcomUpdated version of Cross Generation of Heroes [47]
Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes OOOBandai Namco [58]
Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 SCEI [59]
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! SpecialTakara Tomy [60]
2011 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Capcom [61]
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Updated version of Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds [47]
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Produced with Capcom [47]
Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes FourzeBandai Namco [62]
2012Kamen Rider: Super Climax Heroes [47]
2013 Kamen Rider: Battride War Produced with Bandai Namco [63]
2014 Kamen Rider: Battride War II [64]
2016 Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis [65]
Zoids: Field of RebellionTakara Tomy [66]
2017 Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate CapcomProduced with Capcom [67]
Kamen Rider: Climax FightersBandai Namco [68]
2020 Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed Takara Tomy [69]
Zoids Wild: Infinity Blast [70]
Pikmin 3 Deluxe NintendoPorted and developed new content for the title [71]
2022 DNF Duel Nexon Developed with Arc System Works and Neople [72]
2023 Pikmin 4 Nintendo Co-developed with Nintendo EPD [73]
2024 Nintendo Switch Sports (Free content update) Nintendo Co-developed free basketball content update with Nintendo. [74] [75]
2025 Hunter × Hunter: Nen × Impact Bushiroad Games

Arc System Works

[73]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 株式会社エイティング, Hepburn: Eitingu Kabushiki gaisha
  2. ↑ Japanese: ライジング, Hepburn: Raijingu

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